Sunday, September 16, 2012

Tropical Storm Lane in East Pacific

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Tropical Storm Lane 
Latest Hurricane in East Pacific
800 PM PDT MON SEP 17 2012

...LANE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN ON TUESDAY...

 
TD 12-E formed in the tropical Eastern Pacific Saturday morning and grew into Tropical Storm Lane.  It is not a threat to land at this time.  This is another storm that is south of Baja California and my grow into another hurricane.

SUMMARY OF 800 PM PDT...0300 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...18.4N 127.5W
ABOUT 1180 MI...1895 KM WSW OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...80 MPH...130 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNW OR 330 DEGREES AT 10 MPH...17 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...989 MB...29.21 INCHES


WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 80 MPH...130 KM/H...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LANE IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
HURRICANE WIND SCALE.  LANE SHOULD WEAKEN INTO A TROPICAL STORM ON
TUESDAY...AND FURTHER WEAKENING IS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY.

Historical Data:        Storm Archive                  Graphics Archive                   

800 AM PDT SAT SEP 15 2012

...NEW TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMS IN THE TROPICAL EASTERN PACIFIC...
...NO THREAT TO LAND... 
 
200 PM PDT SAT SEP 15 2012
 
...TROPICAL STORM LANE FORMS IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC...
...NO THREAT TO LAND... 
 
200 AM PDT MON SEP 17 2012

...LANE BECOMES A HURRICANE AND TURNS NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD...
 
 

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